bélé

See also: bêlé, bele, belé, bêle, beḻe, and bele-

English

Possibly from French belle aire, though African origins have been suggested.

bélé

(music, dance, Caribbean) A genre of music and group dance from the Creole cultures of Dominica and other Caribbean islands, in modern times mostly performed to celebrate holidays and special occasions.
(music, Caribbean) A type of folk drum found on Dominica, Martinique and Saint Lucia.

bél +‎ -é (non-attributive possessive suffix)

bélé

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bélé	—
accusative	bélét	—
dative	bélének	—
instrumental	bélével	—
causal-final	béléért	—
translative	bélévé	—
terminative	béléig	—
essive-formal	béléként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bélében	—
superessive	bélén	—
adessive	bélénél	—
illative	bélébe	—
sublative	bélére	—
allative	béléhez	—
elative	béléből	—
delative	béléről	—
ablative	bélétől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	—	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	—	—

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